Reviews by LittleDon:

13 oz. pour in a snifter on 1/14/12 at Trimity Brewing in Colorado Springs. Red amber and clear. Short live head with some lace. Lots of tropical fruit in the aroma with a healthy dose of caramel. Pineapple, caramel, with a medium bitter finish. Perfect amount of carbonation leads to a soft mouthfeel.

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Decadent Imperial IPA. 10% alcohol content. Bottle shows a skeleton in a suit an hat dancing around with a bouquet of hop in his teeth... delightfully evil.

A- The beer pours deep hazy orange tainted fluid with tight bubbly head that leaves behind a nice quater inch head and froth. Lacing is top notch with gobs of excess froth clinging to the glass.

S- Smell is of sweet floral hops with a kinda danky twang of malty alcohol in the back end.

T-M- Well... not what I expected from the smell but starts with rotton citrus flavor consisting of grapefruit, star fruit and orange. May be some grassy and earthy tang in there. Decent malt back bone keeps this one alive, but all and all unbalanced. Mouthfeel is thin with a dose of acidic tingle with the carbonation going down.

D- Yeah its drinkable but not my first choice. Needs more balance between the hops and malt but hell, a decent showing of DIPA.

Decadent has a fruity, floral hoppy nose. Pours gold with a slight haze under a fluffy off-white 2” foam cap. A big fruity malty attack combines yeast and hop driven fruit flavors such as papaya and melon with light caramel malt and light grains to finish with a clean, bitter aftertaste with a hint of light vegetal hop flavors. The beer contains a lot of hops but they are expressed more in the flavor than in the bitterness. Well balanced. The beer has a big body with slightly below carbonation.

Poured a deep clear copper with a rather thin white head wich really didnt stick around long even with a hard pour thee wasnt much head to speak of.Well the aromas seemed a bit odd there was a noticable piney hop profile but there was big cracker malt presence that kinda over shadowed the hops wich was kind of odd.By itself this beer was decent an ok piney/citrus character with caramel malt and alcohol in there as well but with food everything seemed to be off flavors did not meld well at all.Well not really worth a fuss not a big hop monster and flavors seem a little off at times,I wouldnt seek out again.

Great head retention on a bright orange DIPA that shows great clarity. I'll just say that this is a huge beer, almost creating a challenge for the drinker. Floral hops and sweet mandarin orange with a super RICH maltiness and thicker mouthfeel for the style. The alcohol is high and it does show a little. Lacks nuance that separates the great from the good, but I did expect to see it rated a little higher though. It tastes better on draft, but it's still a bitch to finish a glass if you're not in the mood.

Nice clear amber, caramel bodied beer. Head was just off-white and started out small and ended even smaller.

Aroma is a bit light to start with, what I pick up smells fine though. Mainly citrus and pine, estery (if thats a word) with some sweetness. A bit of harsh alcohol is present. More umph please.

Taste is hops again, but not quite up to snuff for me. A bit herbal to me, but some fruity overtones work in as well. Some earthy type malts are present. I like this flavor profile over the sweet, overly tropical DIPAs out there, but there just isn't enough hop flavor in this for me. It seems to lack true hoppines and the bitterness just isn't there. Alcohol is also evident but not as strong as the aroma initially indicated, but still a bit hot. It tastes alright.

Mouthfeel is a bit thin really. Carbonation is a bit low. Drinkability is just okay, not quite up to the style. Flavor is good we just need more of it and some more body would make this one good.

Taste: Juicy, citrusy, hops all over the palate. Caramel malt spine sinks into the abyss. Grapefruit, orange, and a touch of pine front the hops assault. A pleasing tweak of tangerine juice and peach pulp adds complexity to the middle. Hops are assertive, but more tangy than bitter. Minor notes of bitter pine stick around all the way through. Amazing lack of alcohol presence for a 10% brew. Finishes with a bitter, but wet, citrusy hop note.

Drinkability: Tasty and evenly balanced, this is dangerously drinkable. Very well constructed. This is my first sampling of a Ska brew. Looking forward to trying some of their other products.

Bomber bottle, festooned with a red wax sealant. No freshness information to be seen. This one pours typical almond amber, slightly cloudy, under a light tan head, that leaves behind a light tan semi frothy head and plenty of sheeting and striated lacing. Nose is of leafy and resinous hops. Hoppy brew, 10% nowhere to be found .easy drinking and pleasing on the palate. Mellow carbonation levels. Doesnt have the hop crunch that I enjoy/hope for in a DIPA, but still quite enjoyable and satisfyingly complex. Drying finish, to a pleasant and nicely crafted creation. Well worth a try. God bless all the U.S. brewers who create more and more fine brews of this style.

A big thanks to absolutesites for this offering...and on the 4th week of New Beer Sunday '05.
Pours a colorful bronze w/ a cloudy feel...cream colored head sits on top and remains there for the duration. Almost looks like an American Barleywine IMO.
The scent is very apparent, but not overpowering...mostly citrus hops w/ some caramelized malt and vanilla...just the slightest hint of alcohol, but inviting.
Taste is fantastic...a hop bomb, but the malt keeps in check. It is just slightly chilled which makes the alcohol a bit more up front, but the bitterness is what I am really enjoying. The sweet, buttery texture is one of the best for its style and it is surprisingly refreshing...could enjoy quite a few of these in an evening. I am really glad I had the chance to try this brew...very good!

The beer pours an amber color with a white head. The aroma has a lot of toffee notes as well as a little bit of pine mixed in. The flavor is more of the same. I get some toffee and caramel malt as well as some bread and pine notes. There is also a little bit of orange citrus in the flavor. Low bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

This is better than the ratings reflect. Hazy orange pour with an oily brown head. Aroma heavily hopped with a good amount of resin. I agree with AlcheistAZ that this borders on a heavily hopped barleywine with the amount of malt. Still has a nice hop bite with the resin and citrus that belongs in an IIPA.

Got this on a whim as i enjoyed their ten pin porter very much, also helps that i only paid 2 dollars for it from my boss. Pour is a red golden amber color with a very small head and little to no lacing. Not a whole hell of alot on the noise and certainly not dipa level of smell. The taste is very good but like some other people have said its not very double ipa to me when i think double ipa i think ruination, hop henge or something of those sorts. Never the less very drinkable and enjoyable hiding its ten percent very well ,just not very true to the style. Would i pay 7 a bomber?.... doubtfull but for what i paid it was a damn good brew and not something id turn away just not something id go out of my way for either.

Is there such a thing as a "delicate" DIPA? If there is, then this Ska brew is a prime example...

This is the second time I tasted a bottle of this brew. I remember thinking the first bottle (a year or more ago) wasn't aggressive with its hop aroma/flavor. Upon opening this new, fresh, bottle the same deficiencies show themselves again. I expect hops in the aroma of a DIPA, but this brew is utterly lacking. It does have a slight, clean, caramely, malt character, but no hops in the aroma. The taste is more of the same. This is an extremely clean tasting brew which is a great quality I enjoy, but where are the hops? The malt and (not overwhelming) bitterness serve as great supporting backbones to what should be a wonderful hoppy aroma and flavor. Unfortunately, the hop aroma/flavor just isn't there. Maybe those characteristics are filtered out of this bottled brew? I don't know, but I imagine the fresh tap version at the pub could easily be much better. Until I taste that version, all I have to go with is this bottled version. As it stands, this brew is severely lacking in hop flavor/aroma and comes across as a brew which should be named "Delicate" rather than "Decadent" Imperial IPA.